Critical Linking: December 18th, 2013

Table 1 presents data originally published in1982, from Zill and Wingate (1990), comparing literature readers (those who reported reading “any creative writings, such as stories, poems, plays and the like” for the last 12 months), those who read any kind of a book or magazine, and those who reporting no reading. The results are remarkably consistent, with readers reporting being more active in all categories.

Deadline confirms that Gordon-Levitt is set to star in the film as well, and may be directing as well. Deadline indicates that the search is currently on for a writer, so it looks like Goyer is going to stick with the role of producer on this one.

Gordon-Levitt tweeted confirmation as well, and also gave an indication as to the possible story arc that will serve as the basis of the film.

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m incredibly honored to be working with David Goyer, Warner Bros, and @neilhimself on SANDMAN. #Prelude

Quercus Publishing and MacLehose Press are delighted to announce the acquisition of a new book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series. Christopher MacLehose bought world English Language rights from Norstedts and Moggliden, the Stieg Larsson estate, to publish a new story based on Stieg Larsson’s universe and characters written by David Lagercrantz.